Posts Tagged ‘Bull Market in Silver’

Silver prices moved from $4 in 2001 to over $49 in 2011, a whopping 1220% growth. But in the last bull market in silver, the dumb money waited till silver prices had already climbed to $45 before they finally convinced themselves to enter the market, just as the smart ones were getting ready to sell. If you were one of those who waited, hopefully you learned your lesson. Here is your second chance.

We are constructive on gold next year but we see more potential upside for silver. While silver has benefited from gold’s unprecedented investor demand, silver’s fundamental supply-and-demand picture is what will drive the price higher next year. This sector has solid fundamentals whatever happens in America two weeks from now.

When silver was money and held at a ratio of about 16 to 1 with gold, the inflation adjusted price of silver was about $30 an ounce. The mother of all silver bulls continues to be 1980 as the price of silver spiked to about $118 on a closing basis on our inflation adjusted chart. That continues to be the benchmark for silver as we head into the new bull market in silver.

This century experienced a big change in the gold market. The gold market is about to explode & even the almighty central banks can’t stop this. Before 2008 global central banks were net sellers of gold. Their policy was to keep the gold prices from moving up higher. When you understand gold is like Dr. Evil to paper currency, you know turning from net sellers to net buyers is a big deal.